Mercer Street & Prince Street

Mercer Street and Prince Street meet at a four-way crossing in SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, Manhattan. The corner lies inside the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Rouss Building stands 260 feet away. The nearest subway, Prince St, is about a minute on foot, and 14 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, three of them listed historic places, and 98 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prince St
240 feet · 1 min on foot · R, W
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Broadway/Prince St · M1, M55
Within a walk
15 places
3 listed historic places, 3 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Mercer Street & Prince Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prince St, 240 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 14 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prince St R, W
    240 feet
    R W

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. R …
  2. W …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. R …
  2. W …

Also within a walk

  1. Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St 6, B, D, F, M
    840 feet
    6 B D F M
  2. Spring St 6
    1,230 feet
    6

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Carrying On” (2004) by Janet Zweig & Edward del Rosario at the Prince St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Prince St, 350 feet away, for the M1 and M55.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Prince St M1, M55
    350 feet
    M1 M55

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …
  2. M55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Prince Street.

  • 56 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 7 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Greene St & Prince St 45 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge northbound at Pearl Street & R F Wagner Sr Place, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 55 8th Avenue Gas station
    1.3 miles
  2. 284 Mott Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 107 Essex Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10012
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 2
City Council district
1
Police precinct
1
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

Five trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Mercer Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Mercer Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

North side of Prince Street

  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Prince Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 102797.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 257 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1872 and 1896.

  1. "Little" Singer Building Designated landmark
    170 feet
  2. Rouss Building Designated landmark
    260 feet
  3. The Cable Building Designated landmark
    640 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at 110 Greene Street.

  1. Subway Map Floating on a New York Sidewalk Installation by Francoise Schein, 1985
    310 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brainstation NY LP Trade or language school
    830 feet
  2. University Settlement Society of New York Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mercer Playground
    1,040 feet
  2. Vesuvio Playground
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 181 Mercer Street Public space
    850 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Museum of Ice Cream Museum
    350 feet
  2. Soho Cast-Iron Historic District (NHL) Listed historic place
    850 feet
  3. Soho Historic District Listed historic place
    930 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mulberry Street Library
    1,010 feet
  2. Puck Building Listed historic place
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Patricks Old Cathedral Listed historic place
    980 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Vesuvio Playground Mini Pool Swimming pool
    1,160 feet

Fire and police

  1. Division 1/Ladder 20 Fire station
    960 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    500 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    580 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    790 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mulberry Market Supermarket
    980 feet
  2. Morton Williams Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,290 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    710 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 98 places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Mercer Street or Prince Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.